The most helpful favourable review

The most helpful critical review

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 starsI wish I'd found this earlier
My last printer kept dropping out of connection to router. This one is perfect, it's neat, the paper sits inside, the print is good. The only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is that I need to upgrade my printer paper as I use the very cheapest paper which has a faded look about it. This is not really a problem as I use better quality paper for important things.

Published 11 months ago by JG

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 starsAfter a struggle! And then failure.
Bought this to replace a 7 year old Canon MP-830 which had died. I needed to be able to print lengthy documents with double-sided landscape pages, which the Canon could do without any problems whatsoever, and also occasional photocopying and scanning. I do not need WiFi or FAX. I bought Brother because the latest Canon printers appear to be much poorer quality than the...

My last printer kept dropping out of connection to router. This one is perfect, it's neat, the paper sits inside, the print is good. The only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is that I need to upgrade my printer paper as I use the very cheapest paper which has a faded look about it. This is not really a problem as I use better quality paper for important things.

This printer I have had for a month and so far so good. I have just printed a large document double sided with no hassle. After a little time to understand the printer double sided setting and then choosing right to print the pages came out properly ie not the second page upside down. Love this but please use 80 gsm paper. When used 75gsm it took a couple of pgs at time but didn't with the 80gsm.

Good machine. Took me a little while to set up but have settled down with it now. Did not realise when I ordered it that it is wifi only. I would have preferred the ability to have a wired connection also. having said that it is quite nice to be able to print from laptop and desktop and indeed ipad without shifting wired connection about. So it's a good buy so far

I found the instructions horribly complicated and had to go through the whole setting-up process several times before I got it to work. The instructions assumed I knew all the acronyms that were used, but I didn't and had to look them up on Wikipedia each time.

Once I got it working, I was delighted with it and was able to use it as a colour photocopier as well.

Bought this to replace a 7 year old Canon MP-830 which had died. I needed to be able to print lengthy documents with double-sided landscape pages, which the Canon could do without any problems whatsoever, and also occasional photocopying and scanning. I do not need WiFi or FAX. I bought Brother because the latest Canon printers appear to be much poorer quality than the MP-830 and they have an even greater greed for ink.

Basic set up was easy but for a long time it would either print landscape pages single-sided or portrait pages double-sided, which was not what I wanted. And if I threatened to overtax its tiny little mind it sulked and told me that there was a paper jam, when there was none! However, the Brother web site's FAQs did provide an answer and now all seems to be well. But I do feel that it should have been possible to do this from the supplied manual and it seems a bit light weight and flimsy so only 4 out of 5!

Two months later, I still found it recalcitrant. It can print fast and quietly but takes a long time to decide to do anything. I cannot find any way of persuading it to copy double-sided. And to day it has again falsely claimed that it has a paper jam when there is no paper in it. Following pulling all the levers it asks me to do it now says "unable to print 6F". Well, I can take a hint and it can go in the skip tomorrow. In short, a useless piece of cheap plastic rubbish.

It took eight days for this to arrive and I was on the point of cancelling it.

However it is a good printer and scanner and up to the job so recommended. I do not have a fax connection so cannot comment on that aspect.I even managed to get my old computer connected by wireless which is an unexpected bonus.

I did a fair bit of research before buying this and so far am very happy. It is very compact and the prints and copies I have done have been perfectly good quality for my needs. I hope the ink lasts longer than my old Epson printer!